Training Log Archive: kissy

A Meet, Green. Today was a different story from yesterday. I had massive amounts of trouble with #5. I was picturing in my head that the control was in a depression on a plateau. Instead, it was in a depression in the bottom of an even bigger depression. And, there was a plateau in front of that depression, which I searched for a long time looking for my control. I finally circled around again, getting back to the line I took from #4 and going further towards 5 than before. I got to the lip of the really big depression, looked down, and thought, "That cannot be my control!" Since going downhill is the most difficult movement for my knee, I was hesitant to go down and check it, but finally I did, thinking the whole time, "That is not my control." But it was.

After that, I lost a lot of motivation. My only advantage at this point is the ability to spike the controls since I'm going so slow. After 5, I realized I was done. Especially since the last half of the course involved a lot of trail running for those people who could run. So, I decided to just enjoy the day and the navigation...until a minor disaster struck. I was on my way to #11, skipping between trails, when I stepped on a fallen tree limb that was wet and covered in leaves, slid down the limb and bent my bad knee beyond where it can presently bend. I immediately fell and let out a series of screams and curse words. And then I got worried that I had done something really bad. I gingerly stood up and tested everything out. It felt like I did something to the right front of my knee, like bruised it, but nothing to the ACL, thank goodness.

After that, I went even slower, but not slow enough to spike #12...with the same problem as #5! I thought I was looking for a depression on top of a hill, but instead it was a depression at the bottom of a really steep depression. Again..."that is not my control," but it was. Bah!

So, last in F45, over 100 minutes, and a painful knee. Not such a great orienteering day, but still a fun weekend! Thanks to Badger Orienteering for a fantastic event!

C • forced bending 4

Green Day 2 - Splits

US Champs, Green Y. I had no great expectations for this weekend. It was mainly a nice chance to see Swampfox for a few days, get back in some terrain that I really enjoy, and see what my knee felt like in the woods, albeit just walking. So, I was especially happy with today's result. I truly walked every step of the way, except for a modified shuffle down the finish chute. I spiked every control and had an interesting time watching many people scratching their heads out there. I did get a little frustrated in some of the nicer patches of woods; I would have preferred to be running, but that was not to be. And best of all, my knee felt fine afterwards.

C • Comeback 4

Green Y Day 1 US Champs - Splits

Event: US Individual Champs 2009
 

A walk on the model map to check things out. The things were all there, in the right spots.

A nice map hike on the Telemark map just to see how it felt walking off-trail. It wasn't so bad...up was good, flat was good, down was bad.